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Ms. L. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement et al
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October 25, 2023
Feds Get OK On Deal With Families Separated Under Trump
A California federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a nonmonetary settlement between roughly 5,000 migrant families separated under a Trump-era "zero-tolerance" policy and the Biden administration, which agreed to continue to pursue reunification and provide relief such as housing and work authorization.
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October 16, 2023
Feds Agree To Aid Separated Families With Housing And Work
The Biden administration agreed to give migrant families separated under the Trump administration relief beyond reunification, including housing, medical assistance and work authorization, according to an agreement the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Monday.
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May 19, 2023
Feds Offer 1 More Year Of Therapy To Separated Families
The Biden administration will provide an additional year of therapy to migrant families separated under the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy as it continues to negotiate a global settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union, according to a Friday court order.
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April 20, 2023
Calif. Judge Adds US Citizen Kids To Family Separation Case
A California federal judge added U.S. citizen children separated from their noncitizen parents to the class of migrant families that the White House is under court order to reunite, after immigration attorneys reported that the Trump administration split up dozens of mixed-status families.
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November 04, 2021
House GOP Floats Ban On Settlement For Separated Migrants
Republican members of Congress introduced legislation Thursday that aims to bar the U.S. Department of Justice from making settlement payments to immigrants who entered the country without authorization, a day after President Joe Biden denied his administration is planning such an action.
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May 03, 2021
Biden Admin. Touts Reunification Of 4 Migrant Families
Four migrant families split up at the border by the Trump administration's family separation policy will be allowed to reunite in the U.S. this week, according to a Monday announcement from the Biden administration offering them "long-term legal stability."
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February 25, 2021
US Reunites More Migrant Families Separated At Border
Another 105 migrant children have been reunited with their parents after being separated from them at the U.S. border, but the American Civil Liberties Union is still tracking down the parents of 506 children, the organization told a California federal court Wednesday.
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October 20, 2020
ACLU Can't Reach Separated Parents Of 545 Migrant Kids
The American Civil Liberties Union lawyers tasked with finding migrant families separated by the Trump administration at the U.S. border said Tuesday that they haven't been able to reach the parents of 545 children in custody.
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January 13, 2020
Ruling Lets Feds Separate Families At Border For Any Crime
The Trump administration has the authority to separate families at the Mexican border based on any criminal history in the parent's background even if it is minor, a California federal judge ruled Monday while finding the government has been using proper overall discretion since the "zero tolerance" border policy ended.
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October 24, 2019
ACLU Says New Data Reveals 1,500 More Migrant Separations
The American Civil Liberties Union said on Thursday that the Trump administration had handed over data as part of a class action suit challenging its migrant family separation policy that shows more than 1,500 additional migrant children were separated from their families than previously known.